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Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws.The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a protected area; the cutting down of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits.
3.1 Negative effects. 3.2 Positive effects. ... the construction of roads in forested areas has also promoted illegal logging as it becomes easier for illegal loggers ...
FSC addresses issues such as illegal logging, deforestation and global warming and some reports indicate positive effects on economic development, environmental conservation, poverty alleviation, and social and political empowerment. [13] [14] To this end, the body has published a global strategy with five goals: [15]
Illegal logging has taken a huge toll in recent years on the forest-covered southern half of the city of 9 million inhabitants. “They have finished off the forest,” Alfredo Gutiérrez, 43 ...
Like other hotspots for illegal logging in the world, a number of forest managers, rangers, activists and journalists have been attacked or even killed throughout Eastern Europe and Russia. In ...
Logging in the United States is a hotly debated topic as groups who either support or oppose logging argue over its benefits and negative effects. The biggest issue thought to be facing deforestation in the United States was illegal logging. The Forest Service and EPA work together to make sure that the permits for logging companies in the ...
Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. ... The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, ...
The report of the independent evaluation, published on 4 May 2016, confirmed that the EU FLEGT Action Plan is a relevant and innovative response to the challenge of illegal logging and that the Action Plan had improved forest governance in all target countries. [27]